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The Art of Destressing: How Creativity Creates Less Stress

MQ Mental Health

And creative activities can help promote knowledge and positive behaviours in children and young people. Here’s 5 ways to get started: Mindfulness - Engaging in creative activities can promote mindfulness, which can help reduce stress levels. Distraction - Creative activities can be a healthy distraction from stressors and worries.

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Notes from the Future – February 17, 2023

Social Work Futures

Her’s a group called “Just Collapse,” which is identified as “an activist platform dedicated to socio-ecological justice in the face of inevitable and irreversible global collapse.” The report is called “ Scanning for the Future(s) of Policing: First Steps Towards a New Global Paradigm.”

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Notes from the Future – 4.12.2023 – CLIMATE CHANGE EDITION

Social Work Futures

Fine article about increasing awareness/naming of the moral imperatives of climate action – The Global Bystander Effect: Moral Responsibility in an Age of Climate Crisis. A related piece discusses the need for/emergence of a global mindset for climate action that operates beyond traditional nation-state boundaries. ”

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The IASSW Task Force on the Global Standards (2020)

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

The IASSW Task Force on the Global Standards (2020). The International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), in collaboration with the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), has launched its latest iteration of the Global Standards for Social Work Education and Training. Barbara Shank (United States).

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Organizing to End the School-to-Prison Pipeline - Jewel Patterson, MS; Edgar Ibarria; Nicole Bates, JD

Doin' The Work

The University of Houston has a phenomenal social work program that offers face-to-face master's and doctorate degrees, as well as an online and hybrid MSW. They offer one of the country’s only Political Social Work programs and an Abolitionist Focused Learning Opportunity. Go to [link] to learn more. Go to [link] to learn more.

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Rebecca Thomas Received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award in Social Work

University of Connecticut

Scholar Program award in Social Work to Sofia, Bulgaria, for the 2023-2024 academic year, from the U.S. Scholar Program. We congratulate Dr. Thomas on her Fulbright Scholar Program Award,” says SSW Dean Laura Curran. For more information about the Fulbright Program, visit [link]. Professor Rebecca L.

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International Conference for Social Work Students

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Purpose of the conference: The purpose of the conference is to raise awareness about social work as a global profession focusing on human rights of global citizens. Motto of the conference: Advancing human rights in global social work profession The conference is dedicated to 18 years work of Georgian Association of Social Workers.